CATCH-EyoU: Representation of the EU and Youth Active EU Citizenship in the Media Environment: Collected Media: UK

The dataset consists of 348 online news stories from two UK online newspapers (Daily Mail and Evening Standard) during four specific periods of time [Period 1: May 7th – May 21th 2014 / Period 2: September 16th – September 30th 2014 / Period 3:  May 7th – May 21th 2015  / Period 4: September 16th – September 30th 2015].

The aim of the generated dataset is to identify within the UK media products selected the presence or absence of EU values and identities, for example regarding euro-skeptical and/or pro EU arguments, and their relation to young people.

The dataset builds on existing media discourse analyses of European issues and young people in the UK media by highlighting contemporary media-based conceptualizations of Europe and young people from both a news and cultural perspective, in the context of a political and social climate where European identity is deeply contested, and where the global migration effects of regional conflicts have also challenged understandings of and claims to European citizenship.